Sentence examples for bystander use from inspiring English sources

AIM OF THE STUDY Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) improve survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), however bystander use remains low.

Bystander use of a defibrillator was rare (2.5%), but was associated with an increase in ROSC.

Emergency physician protocol sheets from calls responding to cardiac arrest were reviewed and the following data were collected: bystander CPR and bystander use of a semi-automatic defibrillator, medication administered by emergency physicians, number of defibrillations, on-the-scene thrombolysis, occurrence of ROSC.

In contrast, the high rate of successful adrenaline administration which we found when participants used the audio-prompt device Auvi-Q, in a stressful anaphylaxis scenario and without prior device-specific training, suggests that Auvi-Q is an important advance in AAI device design and may even be suitable for bystander use in public areas such as schools (17).

Additionally, the outcomes between those who receive resuscitation from the emergency services and from a bystander using an AED were not compared by the study, although Hollenberg says the defibrillators are "easier to use than a fire extinguisher".

"Our research clearly shows that the chances of surviving a shockable cardiac arrest are best when someone publicly witnesses it happening, a bystander uses CPR to keep blood flowing to the brain and other key organs, and an AED can be applied to electrically restart the heart," said Johns Hopkins cardiologist Myron Mike Weisfeldtdt.

In the past few weeks, two stories have come across my newsfeed, stories where a bystander uses his or her cell to take a pic of a mom doing something the bystander deems inappropriate.

Bystanders use them in just 5 percent of cardiac arrests, according to data from the Emory University School of Medicine, in part because patients usually become ill in private homes where there are no defibrillators.

Masoumali was taken to Nauru Hospital after bystanders used a blanket to smother the flames about 10am on April 27.

The success of the rapid medical response to the Boston Marathon bombings, where bystanders used their clothes as tourniquets, has bolstered their efforts.

Two studies, one conducted in London and one in Sweden, compared emergencies in which bystanders used either hands-only CPR or CPR with what is called "rescue breathing". The studies, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2010, found similar outcomes, conclusions that offered support for compression-only aid.